Speakings

Can Pleasure Be Trusted?

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You can find the synopsis of this episode, further notes, and a convenient place to ⁠comment ⁠here⁠⁠. I will also periodically update my thoughts on this episode's content at that same link.

The key points in this "speaking"

  • Why are we so suspicious of pleasure?
  • The darkness of the other's body— that the other remains uncontrollable and uninhabitable—reveals a fundamental separation. In response to this anxiety, we try to control the chaos of the other's sovereign body.
  • Perhaps we fear desire when we first glimpse its infinite nature. Human desires are beyond the simple needs of other animals, and we seem dangerously driven towards insatiable pleasure.
  • My "miraculous" experience with intuitive eating.
  • Most of us live with a psychological rift between a disciplinarian and a child in our heads.
  • Developmental ethics: where do rules end? Can intuition be trusted? How do we know our desires are "good"?

    • If you have questions, comments, or suggestions for future topics, you can email me at [email protected]. You can also check out my website at ⁠www.sondrawriter.com⁠, where you'll find my essays and links to ⁠my memoir⁠.

    Music is L'épisode cévenol by Circus Marcus, from the Free Music Archive. License type: CC BY-NC.

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